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Features: Collector's Edition, DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Mono Audio, English
Editor's Note
One of the great war movies of all time, with an all star cast, and a gripping plot--based on the Alistair MacLean novel. A commando team is sent to a Greek Island to destroy the giant guns of World War II Germany which are controlling a strategic channel in the Aegean Sea. This was a groundbreaker in the Special Effects department, too. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best (Adapted) Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Special Effects.
Plot Summary
A specialized commando team is organized in 1943, during WWII, to sabotage and put out of commission the Axis firepower on the mountainous Greek island of Navarone in the Aegean Sea.
| Features | 2-Disc Set | | Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 | | Full Frame - 1.33 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital Mono 5.1 - English | | Dubbed - Portuguese, Spanish - Optional | | Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned | | Subtitles - French, Portuguese, Spanish - Optional | | Additional Release Material:
| Audio Commentary: Stephen J. Rubin - Film Historian; Carl Foreman - Screenwriter | | Featurette:
| 1. "Forging the Guns of Navarone": Notes from the Set | | 2. "Ironic Epic of Heroism" | | 3. "Memories of Navarone" | | 4. "A Heroic Score" | | 5. "Great Guns" | | 6. "No Visitors" | | 7. "Honeymoon on Rhodes" | | 8. "Two Girls on the Town" | | 9. Roadshow Intermission |
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| Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 5/8/2007 |
| Running Time: 157 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1961 | | Catalog ID: 16323 | | UPC: 00043396163232 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Portuguese Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Portuguese, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1961) |  | Winner, Best Picture | | Winner, Best Sound Effects | | Winner, Best Special Effects |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...The film got an Oscar for special effects, and now you can see why once again via this wide-screen gem..." 07/01/1994 p.3DSight and Sound
"...[A] rip-roaring boys' own adventure..." 03/01/2001 p.64 |
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